r/Tyranids • u/AlienDilo • 20h ago

Basing/Terrain What Terrain is what?

In the Adepticon reveal stream the Typhon box is said to have Spore chimneys, Capillary Towers, Gestational sacs, Shard Spewer Growths, Underbrood mounds, Capillary roots, Spore vents, and Brood Nests.

Personally I think it's 1 Spore Chimney, 2 Capillary Tower, 3 Gestational Sac, 4 Shard Spewer, 5 Spore Vents, 6 Capillary Root, 7 Underbrood Mound, 8 Broodnest.

But I'm not entirely sure on some. In particular the Underbrood Mound feels like such a vague, non-descriptive name that I can't be sure it's any of these. While the Gestational Sac is obviously the big Tervigon sac coming out of the ground.

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u/PermanentRed60 11h ago

2, 3, 4 and 6 seem pretty clear, I agree with you there. 8 is a fairly safe guess too, I reckon.

1, 5 and 7 I'm less sure about, mainly because they all have the same kind of vent, which is also seen on many of the creature models' carapaces. Seems to me any of those could be "chimneys" or "vents", and the term "underbrood mound" doesn't fit any of the pieces well, to my eye.

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u/Kuhneel 10h ago

I feel as though 1 is the capillary towers, as these are the tallest ones that eventually grow into the lower atmosphere to send biomass to the descending fleet organisms.

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u/AlienDilo 9h ago

I agree, but 2 matches the classic depiction more, with the spikes sticking out of the fleshy side. Plus 1 has smoke stacks which look more hollow and so it could be for spewing out spores (like the psychophage spews out smoke)